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Abducted in the Woods (Forest Ranger Rescuers)
Par Kerry Johnson. 2025
Pursued by criminals—with a child&’s life on the line. Just when Sarah Brindley believes she and her son, Liam, are…
safe from the men who murdered her husband, they are attacked—and Liam is taken. Her only hope is to team up with her brother-in-law, forest ranger Tucker Brindley, to uncover who is targeting her family. When they discover her late husband&’s ties to an underground medical black-market ring, it&’s clear the trail of danger runs deeper than they realized. With assaults on them ramping up, they must race against the clock to recover young Liam…before they become the next victims.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Forest Ranger Rescuers Book 1: Hunted in the ForestBook 2: Abducted in the Woods
The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Creative Practice
Par Nick Cass, Anna Powell and Sarina Wakefield. 2026
The Routledge Handbook of Heritage and Creative Practice explores the role of creativity as a tool for critical engagement with…
heritage. It provides a comprehensive study of ways in which heritage and creative practice intersect, in research, in practice and in a transnational context.This book introduces researchers, students, creative and heritage practitioners to contemporary practices from a breadth of perspectives. The transnational nature of its scope is key to the exploration of how ‘heritage’ and ‘creativity’ are ever evolving, conceived of differently in different contexts, and intersect in interesting ways through the work of creative practitioners. The volume argues that heritage itself is a creative practice, such that the ‘creative’ work that occurs in these examples is not singular and distinct; rather the symbiotic reciprocity between heritage and creativity is intersectional and embedded. The international array of authors and differing approaches from around the world, including case studies from Africa, Bahrain, Brazil, Caribbean, Columbia, China, Hong Kong, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates provide a global approach to the subject, while the diverse range of topics covered, including urban renewal, the coronavirus pandemic, memorial culture, public art and colonial heritage, allows readers to gain insight into the richness of practices across a diversity of disciplines and contexts.This volume offers a significant and new contribution to heritage studies that will be of interest to scholars and students in heritage and museum studies, as well those in the fields of art, architecture, anthropology, design, digital and curatorial studies. It also provides a valuable resource for artists, arts professionals, architects and museums and heritage practitioners.
A comprehensive technical history of China&’s nuclear warhead development and testing, as well as a new framework for understanding China&’s…
efforts to modernize its nuclear arsenal.The Untold Story of China&’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing offers the most comprehensive account of China&’s nuclear weapons development from 1955 to 1996. Hui Zhang examines the purpose and technical specifics of each nuclear test and provides new details about China&’s pursuit of warhead miniaturization. Based on a number of new Chinese-language sources that have not previously been analyzed, this book reveals that China has the ability to produce smaller, lighter warheads than some have suggested, as well as more options for missiles that could carry a larger number of warheads.The book also provides a new framework for understanding China&’s efforts to modernize its nuclear arsenal and offers clues about the future of China&’s nuclear program. As the international community watches China&’s rapid nuclear expansion with concern—and, in particular, as the United States considers whether it will be confronting two peer nuclear-armed adversaries (Russia and China) in the future—this book is a significant contribution to the policy debate over a potential new three-way nuclear arms race.
Contemporary Taiwan: More than a Flashpoint (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)
Par Kristina Kironska and Eunika Rejtová Yang. 2026
This new textbook presents an excellent introduction to the most important aspects of contemporary Taiwanese society, politics, economy, and international…
relations in a comprehensive and reader-friendly way.Illustrating Taiwan as more than just a military hot spot – also as a vibrant democracy, a beacon of human rights, a technological leader, and an economic hub – each chapter poses a fundamental question, including: How did the island develop? How did Taiwan become a democracy? How does it combine tradition and modernity? What human rights problems does Taiwan encounter? How did Taiwan become an Asian Tiger? How does it live with its neighbours? How does diplomacy work when you're not internationally recognized? Contemporary Taiwan is an excellent resource for students of Taiwan Studies, international relations, political science, and global studies, as well as think tanks, consultants, and journalists seeking critical and balanced background information on contemporary Taiwan.
This volume investigates the central role of physical bodies, ritual technologies, healing practices, gender constructions, and visual imagery in creating…
and sustaining religious meaning in antiquity.Religious life in the ancient world was profoundly shaped by the interplay of materiality, ritual, embodiment, and visuality. Far from being purely intellectual or doctrinal, religious practices across Greco-Roman and early Christian contexts were enacted through tangible, sensory, and embodied experiences that engaged worshippers physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Drawing from a rich array of primary sources and theoretical frameworks, especially gender studies and ritual studies, the chapters collectively emphasize that religion in this period was fundamentally experienced through ritualized actions, embodied transformations, and visually charged sacred spaces. With its focus on ritual, gender, and the body, the book offers readers a fresh approach to ancient Christianity and the Greco-Roman world in which it emerged.This interdisciplinary volume is suitable for students and scholars working on the New Testament and early Christianity and issues of ritual, gender, and the body in the early Christian world.
Climate Finance in Africa and Developing Countries: Bridging the Gap and Building a Sustainable Future
Par Megersa Olumana Dinka, Meseret Dawit Teweldebrihan. 2026
This book explains complex environment of climate finance in Africa, emphasizing the critical need for financial resources to reduce the…
effects of climate change in the region. It investigates specific obstacles that African countries face when seeking climate funding such as poor financial institutions and lack of technical experience. It offers practical options for closing the climate financing gap, pushing for stronger legislative frameworks, capacity-building programs, and the possible alternative sources.Key FeaturesAddresses timely and relevant issues about existing gaps and future sustainable climate finances in Africa.Reviews the existing impact of climate change, such as floods, droughts, food security, issues of sustainable development goals, issues of funds, policies, and others.Includes the strengths and weaknesses of climate change mitigation and adaptation in Africa.Underlines the importance of increased public and private investment, new financing arrangements, and stronger international cooperation in fulfilling Africa’s climate finance needs.Emphasizes the exploration of innovative financing mechanisms.This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in climatology, environmental sciences, policymakers, climate activists, and other stakeholders in climate research.
African Politics: An Introduction (Routledge Global Africa Textbooks)
Par Toyin Falola. 2026
African Politics: An Introduction is an engaging, broad‑ranging guide to the politics of African states, reflecting on contemporary patterns and…
trends, whilst also situating them in their historical context. Viewed from the outside, African politics are often said to be too complex and multifarious to understand properly, leading to widespread misunderstandings and stereotypes. This book challenges these assumptions, providing an accessible, reader‑friendly guide. Starting with an introduction to the historical roots of African politics right back to the precolonial era, this book goes on to discuss colonialism and the independence movement, before diving into the postcolonial state and the challenges of governance, development, and conflict which many states have struggled with. This book looks in detail at the various actors involved, from religious groups, to political parties, youth politics, women, social movements, and different social classes. At the end of each chapter, a classwork box provides students with a particular example of an African state or event to investigate in more detail, encouraging them to consider the specific and to resist generalizations. African Politics: An Introduction is perfect for an undergraduate student starting out in their studies of African politics, but it would also be a welcome read for any reader who wants to learn a bit more about the governance of Africa.
The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift
Par Maggie Nelson. 2025
A keen, ardent celebration of unbridled female ambition in the work of Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath.In The Slicks, Maggie…
Nelson positions culture-dominating pop superstar Taylor Swift and feminist cult icon Sylvia Plath as twin hosts of the female urge toward wanting hard, working hard, and pouring forth―and as twinned targets of patriarchy&’s ancient urge to disparage, trivialize, and discipline creative work by women rooted in autobiography and abundance. A buoyant melding of popular culture and literary criticism, The Slicks is a captivating and unexpected essayistic assessment of two iconic female artists by one of the most revered and influential critics of her generation.
The Heroic Legends Series - Conan: The Amulet of Nakamar
Par Brendan Deneen. 2025
Larger than most men, but still naive about the world and its complexities, an eighteen-year-old Conan is offered a job…
by the palace. A family heirloom, the Amulet of Nakamar, has been stolen. They need a thief to retrieve it.On his mission Conan is attacked by guards, thieves and other saboteurs. Why is everyone after this amulet? And why does he feel like he&’s been set up?
Transformers in Action
Par Nicole Koenigstein. 2026
Understand the architecture that underpins today&’s most powerful AI models.Transformers are the superpower behind large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT,…
Gemini, and Claude. Transformers in Action gives you the insights, practical techniques, and extensive code samples you need to adapt pretrained transformer models to new and exciting tasks. Inside Transformers in Action you&’ll learn: • How transformers and LLMs work • Modeling families and architecture variants • Efficient and specialized large language models • Adapt HuggingFace models to new tasks • Automate hyperparameter search with Ray Tune and Optuna • Optimize LLM model performance • Advanced prompting and zero/few-shot learning • Text generation with reinforcement learning • Responsible LLMs Transformers in Action takes you from the origins of transformers all the way to fine-tuning an LLM for your own projects. Author Nicole Koenigstein demonstrates the vital mathematical and theoretical background of the transformer architecture practically through executable Jupyter notebooks. You&’ll discover advice on prompt engineering, as well as proven-and-tested methods for optimizing and tuning large language models. Plus, you&’ll find unique coverage of AI ethics, specialized smaller models, and the decoder encoder architecture. Foreword by Luis Serrano. About the technology Transformers are the beating heart of large language models (LLMs) and other generative AI tools. These powerful neural networks use a mechanism called self-attention, which enables them to dynamically evaluate the relevance of each input element in context. Transformer-based models can understand and generate natural language, translate between languages, summarize text, and even write code—all with impressive fluency and coherence. About the book Transformers in Action introduces you to transformers and large language models with careful attention to their design and mathematical underpinnings. You&’ll learn why architecture matters for speed, scale, and retrieval as you explore applications including RAG and multi-modal models. Along the way, you&’ll discover how to optimize training and performance using advanced sampling and decoding techniques, use reinforcement learning to align models with human preferences, and more. The hands-on Jupyter notebooks and real-world examples ensure you&’ll see transformers in action as you go. What's inside • Optimizing LLM model performance • Adapting HuggingFace models to new tasks • How transformers and LLMs work under the hood • Mitigating bias and responsible ethics in LLMs About the reader For data scientists and machine learning engineers. About the author Nicole Koenigstein is the Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer at the fintech company Quantmate. Table of Contents Part 1 1 The need for transformers 2 A deeper look into transformers Part 2 3 Model families and architecture variants 4 Text generation strategies and prompting techniques 5 Preference alignment and retrieval-augmented generation Part 3 6 Multimodal models 7 Efficient and specialized small language models 8 Training and evaluating large language models 9 Optimizing and scaling large language models 10 Ethical and responsible large language models
Payback Vol. 2 – The Executioners: How history's deadliest men delivered death.
Par Jonathan J. Moore. 2025
They were the last face their victims ever saw.From the swinging axe to the smoking electric chair, The Executioners, the…
second book in the gritty Payback series, steps into the shadowy world of history&’s deadliest profession. These men didn&’t just kill — they turned death into a craft shaped by ritual, rules, and cold necessity.Meet Johann Reichhart, the Nazi regime&’s tireless guillotine operator who executed over 3,000 men and women with chilling efficiency. Discover Frantz Schmidt, Renaissance Germany&’s feared executioner, who became a master of his trade. From the dynasties behind France&’s infamous guillotine to the methodical hangmen of Britain and America, these are the men who made death their duty and their trade.Through historical records, personal accounts, and chilling procedural detail, &‘The Executioners&’ reveals the psychology, pride, and paradox of those who delivered death on Sing Sing&’s 'Old Sparky' or with Thailand&’s sub machine-gun. What toll did their grim work take — and what drove them to keep coming back?Exploring the fine line between brutality and professionalism, this gripping volume dares to ask: when death is a job, who chooses to do it?You decide: Were they monsters ... or men doing society&’s darkest work?'An unflinching look at history&’s darkest profession.'
Extralegal Governance: The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society)
Par Peng Wang, Wanlin Lin. 2025
Drawing on insights from sociology and new institutional economics, Extralegal Governance provides the first comprehensive account of China's illegal markets…
by applying a socio-economic approach. It considers social legitimacy and state repression in examining the nature of illegal markets. It examines how power dynamics and varying levels of punishment shape exchange relationships between buyers and sellers. It identifies context-specific risks and explains how private individuals and organizations address these risks by developing extralegal governance institutions to facilitate social cooperation across various illegal markets. Adopting a multiple-case study design to sample China's illegal markets, this book utilizes four cases - street vending, small-property-rights housing, corrupt exchanges, and online loan sharks - to examine how market participants foster cooperation and social order in illegal markets.
The Power of Protein: 150+ recipes for everyday strength, energy and wellness
Par Sarah Di Lorenzo. 2025
The latest scientific research tells us that protein is the key to strength, energy, and lasting health – but are…
you getting enough?*It&’s one of the most important nutrients your body needs, but with so much conflicting advice, it&’s easy to feel confused. How much protein do you really need at different ages? Which foods are best? And what should you be looking for on food labels?Bestselling author and clinical nutritionist Sarah Di Lorenzo is here to help. In The Power of Protein, she answers all your burning questions and shows you how this powerhouse nutrient can boost your energy, build muscle, support healthy ageing, and keep you feeling full for longer.Packed with science-backed advice and 150 of Sarah&’s all-time best high-protein recipes – plus some brand-new favorites! This is your no-fuss, totally doable guide to making protein work for you at any age. Whether you're getting fit, staying strong, or just want to feel better every day, this book will show you how to make protein your secret weapon – for life.*In the first printing of The Power of Protein by Sarah Di Lorenzo (releasing 25 November 2025), some recipes containing meat were mistakenly included in the vegetarian/vegan section of the book. Vegetarian or vegan readers can substitute the meat protein in these recipes with tofu or another preferred plant-based alternative.Simon & Schuster Australia sincerely apologises for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused.
.NET 10 Revealed: Master the Latest Advancements in .NET
Par Kajetan Duszyński. 2025
Announcing the first look at .NET 10, the most comprehensive update to the Microsoft framework in years. The secrets to…
robust, efficient, and scalable applications are now in your grasp. Establish a solid foundation in C# fundamentals, progressing to more complex topics such as Blazor, MAUI, and new security updates. Be the first to master the new updates recently added to the framework with .NET 10, including ASP.NET Core for web development and Entity Framework Core for data access. After reading this book, developers will not just attain greater technical understanding but also a first-principles understanding of the concepts behind the .NET ecosystem. A focus on practical applications sets this book apart. Each concept leads into hands-on examples and projects, allowing readers to apply their learning immediately. With its comprehensive coverage and up-to-date content, .NET 10 Revealed is an essential resource for both beginners looking to start their journey in .NET development and experienced programmers seeking to update their skills to the latest version of the framework. What You Will Learn · Dive into the new features with .NET 10 Framework, including new libraries, .NET Core runtime, parallel programming, and more · Gain an understanding of ASP.NET Core elements like building web APIs, MVC architecture, and Entity Framework Core. · Master Blazor with server-side Blazor, WebAssembly Blazor, and more · Dig into language enhancements in C# 14, performance improvements in .NET 10, and migration strategies from earlier versions Who This Book Is For This book is for intermediate-level developers who want to learn what&’s new with .NET 10.
Huey: The Helicopter That Became an Australian Aviation Icon
Par Mark Lax. 2025
Collector&’s Edition, Limited Release - Full Colour HardbackThere is no more iconic military helicopter than the Bell UH-1 Iroquois.That truth…
is etched in stone – literally – in the Vietnam Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, where the image of three Iroquois helicopters landing to extract troops in Phu?c Tuy Province in August 1967 captures their enduring legacy.Flown by Australians of all three Services between 1962 and 2007, the Iroquois served the nation in peace and war — from Malaysia and Vietnam to the Middle East and the South Pacific. It saved lives in search-and-rescue missions – from those stranded on rooftops during devastating floods to those plucked from stormy seas. It was the Iroquois&’ job to deliver water, food, fodder, and fuel to stranded outposts. It became the Iroquois&’ job to help keep the peace.It was also the ubiquitous training helicopter for pilots, loadmasters and crewmen destined for more advanced types like the Chinook, Seahawk and Black Hawk. Sixty-six were purchased over an 11-year period. Today, 33 remain — displayed in museums, RSL clubs, or standing guard as gate guardians at bases around the country — a lasting tribute to the Iroquois, an Australian aviation legend.This stunning full-colour hardback celebrates its enduring legacy.
Science Denial: Post-Truth or Post-Trust? (Elements in the Philosophy of Science)
Par Gabriele Contessa. 2025
Over the last couple of decades, there has been increasing concern about the alleged rise of various forms of science…
denial. But what exactly is science denial? Is it really on the rise? If so, what explains its rise? And what is so concerning about it? This Element argues that the notion of science denial is highly ambiguous and that, once we carefully distinguish among all the different phenomena that are often conflated under this label, it is doubtful that any of them warrants all of the concerns that animate the critics of science denial. This has important consequences for how we understand the complex and delicate relationship between science and the public and, more generally, the collective epistemic malaise afflicting liberal democracies.
Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: 22 Story Time tales from hit podcast The Final Word
Par Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon. 2025
No sport does storytelling like cricket – a game as full of heroes, villains, politics, and drama as any Shakespearean play.And few…
have explored those stories as far and wide as Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon. Over hundreds of episodes of Story Time, the history spin-off to beloved podcast The Final Word, they have followed their listeners&’ clues to track down the wildest characters, matches, and situations the pitch has seen.Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics brings together the stories they enjoyed telling most, from the 1879 riot in Sydney sparked by an umpire&’s call, the all-rounder who tried to rob the Catholic Church, the biggest defeat in history, and much more.
Intelligent Robotics and Applications: 18th International Conference, ICIRA 2025, Okayama, Japan, August 6–9, 2025, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #16074)
Par Honghai Liu, Zhouping Yin, Lianqing Liu, Xiangyang Zhu, Weihong Ren, Zhiyong Wang, Takayuki Matsuno, Yixuan Sheng. 2026
The 3-volume set, LNAI 16074-16076, constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2025,…
which took place in Okayama, Japan, during August 6-9, 2025. The 165 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 329 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part 1: Robotic Dexterous Manipulation and Intelligent Control; Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies for Marine Robotic Systems; Intelligent Technology in Neural Decoding, Modulation, and Interfacing; Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of Human Movements; Soft Robotics. Part 2: Hand-Centric Human-Robot Collaboration Advances in Perception, Control, and Interaction; Intelligent Technology in Healthcare; Advanced Localization, Navigation and Control Technologies in Intelligent Robotic Systems; Wearable Robotics for Gait Analysis, Training, and Rehabilitation; Embodied Intelligence in Biomimetic Robotics, Humanoid Robotics. Part 3: Magnetic Actuated Microrobots for Biomedical Engineering:Design, Control, and Application; Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms; Sensation-Perception-Actuation-Rehabilitation Oriented Technologies for Wearable Exoskeletons; Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence: Vision, Language, Multimodal Learning, and Applications; Bio-mechatronic Integration and Rehabilitation Robots.
Advances in Networked-Based Information Systems: The 28th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS-2025), Volume 1 (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #271)
Par Leonard Barolli, Tomoya Enokido, Hsing-Chung Chen. 2026
The networks and information systems of today are evolving rapidly. There are new trends and applications in information networking such…
as wireless sensor networks, ad hoc networks, peer-to-peer systems, vehicular networks, opportunistic networks, cloud computing, ubiquitous computing, multimedia systems, security, multi-agent systems, high-speed networks, and web-based systems. These kinds of networks need to manage the increasing number of users, provide support for different services, guarantee QoS, and optimize the network resources. For these networks, there are many research issues and challenges that should be considered and find solutions. The aim of the volume &“Advances in Network-Based Information Systems&” is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and their applications.
Advances in Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems: The 17th International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (INCoS-2025), Volume 2 (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #268)
Par Leonard Barolli, Juggapong Natwichai, Hiroyoshi Miwa. 2026
With the fast Internet development, we are experiencing a shift from the traditional sharing of information and applications as the…
main purpose of the Web to an emergent paradigm, which locates people at the very centre of networks and exploits the value of people's connections, relations and collaboration. Social Networks are also playing a major role in the dynamics and structure of intelligent Web-based networking and collaborative systems. Virtual campuses, Virtual Communities and organizations strongly leverage Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems by a great variety of formal and informal electronic relations, such as business-to-business, peer-to-peer and many types of online collaborative learning interactions, including the emerging e-learning systems. This has resulted in entangled systems that need to be managed effi